Posts by Edmund Parker
December 31, 1988 – Hockey great Mario Lemieux becomes the first
December 31, 1988 – Hockey great Mario Lemieux becomes the first and only NHL player to score five goals five ways in the same game. Of all the phen...
December 31, 1988 – Hockey great Mario Lemieux becomes the first and only NHL player to score five goals five ways in the same game. Of all the phen...
November 12, 1815 - Elizabeth Cady Stanton, spokesperson for the
November 12, 1815 - Elizabeth Cady Stanton, spokesperson for the rights of women, is born in Johnstown, New York. Stanton formulated the philosophical...
November 12, 1815 - Elizabeth Cady Stanton, spokesperson for the rights of women, is born in Johnstown, New York. Stanton formulated the philosophical...
October 22, 1964 - Jean-Paul Sartre declines to accept his Nobel
October 22, 1964 - Jean-Paul Sartre declines to accept his Nobel Prize for literature, awarded in recognition of his work “rich in ideas and filled ...
October 22, 1964 - Jean-Paul Sartre declines to accept his Nobel Prize for literature, awarded in recognition of his work “rich in ideas and filled ...
September 29, 1942 – LT John F. Kennedy, USNR pens a letter to
September 29, 1942 – LT John F. Kennedy, USNR pens a letter to playwright Clare Boothe Luce, a close friend of the Kennedy family: “I came home ye...
September 29, 1942 – LT John F. Kennedy, USNR pens a letter to playwright Clare Boothe Luce, a close friend of the Kennedy family: “I came home ye...
May 6, 2004 - Culminating weeks of hype and building excitement,
May 6, 2004 - Culminating weeks of hype and building excitement, the two-hour final episode of Friends airs. Fifty-one million people gathered to watc...
May 6, 2004 - Culminating weeks of hype and building excitement, the two-hour final episode of Friends airs. Fifty-one million people gathered to watc...
April 1, 1970 - President Richard Nixon signs legislation
April 1, 1970 - President Richard Nixon signs legislation officially banning cigarette ads on television and radio. The crux of the Federal Communicat...
April 1, 1970 - President Richard Nixon signs legislation officially banning cigarette ads on television and radio. The crux of the Federal Communicat...
March 15, 1972 - Along with his contemporaries like Martin
March 15, 1972 - Along with his contemporaries like Martin Sorcese, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola brought his own vision, co...
March 15, 1972 - Along with his contemporaries like Martin Sorcese, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola brought his own vision, co...
March 10, 1926 - First Book-of-the-Month Club selection is
March 10, 1926 - First Book-of-the-Month Club selection is published. Lolly Willowes, or The Loving Huntsman, the first Book-of-the-Month Club selecti...
March 10, 1926 - First Book-of-the-Month Club selection is published. Lolly Willowes, or The Loving Huntsman, the first Book-of-the-Month Club selecti...